Goran Hadzic

Goran Hadzic (7 September 1958-12 July 2016) was President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina from 26 February 1992 to 26 January 1994, succeeding Milan Babic and preceding Milan Martic.

Biography
Goran Hadzic was born in Pacetin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia in 1958, and he was an active member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. He worked as a warehouseman before the Croatian War of Independence, and he was elected to the Municipal Committee of Vukovar in 1990 as a Social Democratic Party of Croatia member. That same year, he joined the Serb Democratic Party of Croatia in Vukovar, becoming the head of its local branch. From 1992 to 1994, he served as President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, and he was imprisoned in 1995 and sentenced to 20 years in prison; in 1999, he was sentenced to 20 more.